Is Slack a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Slack have rated their employer with 4.6 out of 5 stars in 60 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Slack employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Slack now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Slack .

Does Slack pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Slack with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 60 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries and benefits at Slack .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Slack?

Account Executive (94) , Software Engineer (63) , Senior Software Engineer (49) , Customer Experience Agent (28) , Senior Account Executive (26) , Enterprise Account Executive (23) , Customer Success Manager (21) , Manager (17) , Sales (17) , Staff Software Engineer (16) , Customer Experience (14) , Software Engineering Intern (14) , Director (12) , Recruiter (12) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (11)

What are the pros of working at Slack according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and values!" ((in 199 reviews)); "Great benefits and all the resources you need to do well in sales here." ((in 115 reviews)); "The work/life balance is great (work hard and go home)" ((in 77 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 50 reviews)); "• Great leadership that truly is customer centric" ((in 46 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Slack according to real employee reviews?

"I had 3 managers (4 if you count the time I had no manager) over ~6 months." ((in 17 reviews)); "Many layoffs." ((in 12 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in sales teams now that Salesforce leadership has taken over." ((in 8 reviews)); "No career opportunities." ((in 5 reviews)); "Upper management is amazing and is trying to promote a culture that no" ((in 3 reviews))

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Slack

Part of Salesforce

Slack Software Developer reviews

4.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(60 total reviews)

Stewart Butterfield

99% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Diversity & inclusion

4.8

Work/Life balance

4.5

Culture & values

4.2

Senior management

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Compensation and benefits

Software Developer employees have rated Slack with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Slack is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

60 reviews

3.0

Aug 4, 2025

okay

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It was alright to work here

Cons

Could have been paid more

5.0

Jun 26, 2025

Good company!

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great engineering culture. Supportive coworkers.

Cons

Retention policy is not great. Refreshers are very rarely given.

5.0

Apr 18, 2025

Solid place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great people and great product - always lots of opportunities to work on new product areas and improve the product

Cons

- had trouble with lateral movement - Salesforce seems to be trying to integrate more and more into the company

Viewing 1 - 3 of 60 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Google

4.5★Compensation & Benefits

Yandex

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Amazon

3.7★Compensation & Benefits

Criteo

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Slack reviews FAQs

Slack reviews Slack Software Developer reviews

Slack

Slack Software Developer reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

okay

Good company!

Solid place to work

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Slack reviews FAQs

Followed companies

Job searches

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Slack reviews FAQs

Bowls

Want the inside scoop on your own company?